About Me

Incase you're wondering...

I come from a musical family,and my love of music was evident at an early age. My mother taught music privately and in the local schools, and there was often a record being played on the old console stereo in the living room of our home.By the time I was about five years old, at least some of my allowance money was being used topurchase forty-fives (remember those?), which cost an even dollar at the nearest Kmart, tax included.I especiallyliked the sounds of the rock music that was fresh at the time, but that's now known as "classic rock."I took some piano lessons as a child,participated in the band's percussion section and in a madrigal choir through junior highand high school (respectively), and then went on to spend a couple of years in the music department while at college.This gave me the opportunity to get more performance experience,and I took classes in theory and ear training as well as private lessons.I was exposed to jazz for what was effectively the first time, and my appreciation of classical music was enhanced, too.I got my first guitar at age 18, and I played at my church, college group meetings, and the Christian camp where I worked. Speaking of that, being exposed to Christian music served to broaden my musical horizons. This may sound surprising, since some people would contend that being a Christian is limiting - whether intellectually, interpersonally, or creatively. I have not found that to be true in any area, including music; when I started paying more attention to what songs were about from a lyrical standpoint, I seemed to be more willing to try listening to a wider variety of styles.These included punk/alternative rock, a capella vocal groups,"mellow" Gospel-based songs, and instrumental music. I still enjoy a lot of music that doesn't come from Christian circles,but I try to stay aware of what's being promoted and glorified by the artists, and of whom I'm supporting when I purchase music.Over time, I've renewed an effort to keep it simple; there's good music, and there's bad music. I hope that you'll find the music on this site to be of the former category.

(By the way, for more information about my non-musical creative endeavors,please see theappropriatepageson this site).